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Sports:
Women's B-ball
off and running
page?
Variety:
101 Dalmations
brought to life.
Arts:
Dale Johnson:
Illustrator
page 10
■ ■ ■■ : ■■::■■': ...
Friday, December 13, 1996
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 72 • Number 7
God in the straw
Clarion/ Julie Taylor
The Bethel Singers harmonize at the 40th annual Festival of Christmas Dec 5-7.
Downtown St.Paul
plans renovation
By John Groh
World News Editor
In an effort to give St. Paul
a boost, city officials recently
announced a S43 million
project that will revitalize the
heart of Minnesota's capital
city. The project's focus will be
the transformation of the Minnesota World Trade Center
and Town Square. All money
used for this project is being
donated by private sources.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune , the intent of
the project is to
"remerchandise and reposition Town Square and the
three retail levels of the Minnesota World Trade Center to
cater more to visiting families
and downtown St. Paul office
workers."
At the Trade Center multiplex movie theaters, a food
court and other entertainment
will be built on the third level.
Included in the Trade Center
renovation will be the addition
of sidewalk cafes on Wabasha
St. Plans for the updated Trade
Center call for changes in the
design of the building so that
retailers will be visable from
the street.
Included in the renovation
of Town Square will be the relocating of retailers and restaurants to the skyway level. The
existing street-level food court
and retail shops will be replaced with offices.
The renovation of the Trade
Center and Town Square is
part of a larger goal that is being developed by the nonprofit group Capital City Partnership. President of Capital
City Partnership John Labosky
said the renovation " is part of
continued on page 2
W RLE)
UPDATE
Minneapolis, MN
The Pulitzer Prize winning
musical "Rent" will make
its Minneapolis debut when
it opens next summer at the
Ordway Music Theater. The
musical has had sellout
crowds, both off and on
Broadway, since it opened
last Feb in New York city.
Hawaii
Last week a judge in Hawaii ruled that the state
cannot forbid same-sex
marriages. This ruling is the
first legal decision in the
country on the issue of
same-sex marriages. State
of Hawaii officials plan to
appeal the decision to the
state supreme court.
Tokyo
Seaman Terrance M.
Swa nson of Anoka was sentenced to 13 years in prison
by a Japanese court after
slashing a woman's throat
during a robbery. Swanson,
who was assigned to the
missile frigate USS
McClusky, pleaded guilty
in Sep.
Miami, FL
The city of Miami has been
taken over by the state of
Fla due to its financial situation and corrupt government. The city's fiscal year
will end in Sep, but officials
predict that money will run
out in Feb. Activists in the
city have gained signatures
calling for a special election
to decide whether or not
the city should
disincorporate and become
just a part of Dade County.
Britain
Repairs to the fire-devas-
continned on page 2
International Interims take
students beyond classroom
By Jenni Smith
Contributing Writer
Come January, many Bethel
students will be escaping the
Minnesota winter to travel
abroad on programs going to
places like Hawaii, Guatemala, Ecuador and the Philippines. Although the warm climates may be part of the appeal, students are more interested in seeking an experience
which cannot be found in the
Bethel classroom. What could
possibly not be found at
Bethel? How about a conversation with an Afro-Ecuadorian, a walk through Mayan
ruins, reading the Bible in city
of Jerusalem, or experiencing
the color and light of the Caribbean?
There are eight Bethel programs which offer opportunities such as these for Interim
'97. Bethel also participates in
the Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Educa
tion, (UMAIE). This program
is a consortium of eleven colleges and universities which
offer cross-cultural study in
locations around the world.
There are several students involved with UMAIE this interim in programs with titles
such as: The Trojan War: Myth
and Legend in Greece and Turkey; Law in London; and
Luther, Bach and Bonhoeffer:
Three Influential Lutherans in
Germany.
Darin Mather, director of
International Studies, believes
that by traveling on programs
such as these, "Students find
out there are different perspectives on life; they come back
with a tremendous experience
and believe it to be a highlight
of their college career."
Often the first and sometimes only objection students
have to travel abroad programs are the expenses.
Mather admits that there is a
cost involved with these trips,
but also points out that "if a
student is really set on going
to a certain country, this is the
cheapest way they'll ever be
able to do it."
ECUADOR-(Led by Dr.
James Hurd, Professor of Anthropology) On this program
students will visit places like
Quito, the Amazon Rain Forest and the Andes Mountains.
They will have the opportunity to interact with five different distinct cultures within
Ecuador: tropical forest, peasant, urban Hispanic, mountain
Quechua, and Afro-Ecuadorian. Junior LanaThyren, who
is taking an independent
study within this program, is
looking forward to having
conversations with the different tribal people. She said, " I
know I am going in ignorance;
I am ignorant about Latin
America culture, but am excited about what I will learn.
Sure, there will be language
continued on page 13

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Sports:
Women's B-ball
off and running
page?
Variety:
101 Dalmations
brought to life.
Arts:
Dale Johnson:
Illustrator
page 10
■ ■ ■■ : ■■::■■': ...
Friday, December 13, 1996
NEWSPAPER OF BETHEL COLLEGE
Volume 72 • Number 7
God in the straw
Clarion/ Julie Taylor
The Bethel Singers harmonize at the 40th annual Festival of Christmas Dec 5-7.
Downtown St.Paul
plans renovation
By John Groh
World News Editor
In an effort to give St. Paul
a boost, city officials recently
announced a S43 million
project that will revitalize the
heart of Minnesota's capital
city. The project's focus will be
the transformation of the Minnesota World Trade Center
and Town Square. All money
used for this project is being
donated by private sources.
According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune , the intent of
the project is to
"remerchandise and reposition Town Square and the
three retail levels of the Minnesota World Trade Center to
cater more to visiting families
and downtown St. Paul office
workers."
At the Trade Center multiplex movie theaters, a food
court and other entertainment
will be built on the third level.
Included in the Trade Center
renovation will be the addition
of sidewalk cafes on Wabasha
St. Plans for the updated Trade
Center call for changes in the
design of the building so that
retailers will be visable from
the street.
Included in the renovation
of Town Square will be the relocating of retailers and restaurants to the skyway level. The
existing street-level food court
and retail shops will be replaced with offices.
The renovation of the Trade
Center and Town Square is
part of a larger goal that is being developed by the nonprofit group Capital City Partnership. President of Capital
City Partnership John Labosky
said the renovation " is part of
continued on page 2
W RLE)
UPDATE
Minneapolis, MN
The Pulitzer Prize winning
musical "Rent" will make
its Minneapolis debut when
it opens next summer at the
Ordway Music Theater. The
musical has had sellout
crowds, both off and on
Broadway, since it opened
last Feb in New York city.
Hawaii
Last week a judge in Hawaii ruled that the state
cannot forbid same-sex
marriages. This ruling is the
first legal decision in the
country on the issue of
same-sex marriages. State
of Hawaii officials plan to
appeal the decision to the
state supreme court.
Tokyo
Seaman Terrance M.
Swa nson of Anoka was sentenced to 13 years in prison
by a Japanese court after
slashing a woman's throat
during a robbery. Swanson,
who was assigned to the
missile frigate USS
McClusky, pleaded guilty
in Sep.
Miami, FL
The city of Miami has been
taken over by the state of
Fla due to its financial situation and corrupt government. The city's fiscal year
will end in Sep, but officials
predict that money will run
out in Feb. Activists in the
city have gained signatures
calling for a special election
to decide whether or not
the city should
disincorporate and become
just a part of Dade County.
Britain
Repairs to the fire-devas-
continned on page 2
International Interims take
students beyond classroom
By Jenni Smith
Contributing Writer
Come January, many Bethel
students will be escaping the
Minnesota winter to travel
abroad on programs going to
places like Hawaii, Guatemala, Ecuador and the Philippines. Although the warm climates may be part of the appeal, students are more interested in seeking an experience
which cannot be found in the
Bethel classroom. What could
possibly not be found at
Bethel? How about a conversation with an Afro-Ecuadorian, a walk through Mayan
ruins, reading the Bible in city
of Jerusalem, or experiencing
the color and light of the Caribbean?
There are eight Bethel programs which offer opportunities such as these for Interim
'97. Bethel also participates in
the Upper Midwest Association for Intercultural Educa
tion, (UMAIE). This program
is a consortium of eleven colleges and universities which
offer cross-cultural study in
locations around the world.
There are several students involved with UMAIE this interim in programs with titles
such as: The Trojan War: Myth
and Legend in Greece and Turkey; Law in London; and
Luther, Bach and Bonhoeffer:
Three Influential Lutherans in
Germany.
Darin Mather, director of
International Studies, believes
that by traveling on programs
such as these, "Students find
out there are different perspectives on life; they come back
with a tremendous experience
and believe it to be a highlight
of their college career."
Often the first and sometimes only objection students
have to travel abroad programs are the expenses.
Mather admits that there is a
cost involved with these trips,
but also points out that "if a
student is really set on going
to a certain country, this is the
cheapest way they'll ever be
able to do it."
ECUADOR-(Led by Dr.
James Hurd, Professor of Anthropology) On this program
students will visit places like
Quito, the Amazon Rain Forest and the Andes Mountains.
They will have the opportunity to interact with five different distinct cultures within
Ecuador: tropical forest, peasant, urban Hispanic, mountain
Quechua, and Afro-Ecuadorian. Junior LanaThyren, who
is taking an independent
study within this program, is
looking forward to having
conversations with the different tribal people. She said, " I
know I am going in ignorance;
I am ignorant about Latin
America culture, but am excited about what I will learn.
Sure, there will be language
continued on page 13